By the time of this cartoon's release, the Stephen Foster song "Camptown Races" has been established as Foghorn Leghorn's theme; in other cartoons Foghorn normally hums the verse, but in this cartoon he sings specially-written lyrics about fishing.
The cartoon also briefly paid homage to the then-wildly popular genre of television quiz shows, particularly The $64,000 Question which, like many other quiz shows of the day, would soon become embroiled in scandal and be taken off the air a year later.
A fox scampers away from the henhouse when a young rooster rings the alarm bell. Barnyard Dawg arrives, but sees no fox, so he thinks the rooster just rang the bell because he wanted a drink of water. When he sees Foghorn Leghorn leave to go fishing, the fox disguises himself and suggests that he go hunting instead and bring the dog with him. Foggy likes this idea, so he grabs a shotgun and ties a rope around Dawg's neck and drags him away. The fox heads for the henhouse, but the young rooster rings the alarm again. Dawg runs back, dragging Foghorn behind him, but again the fox scampers away. Dawg only sees the rooster ringing the bell and assumes he's just thirsty again.
The fox then pretends to be a quiz show host, pushing Foghorn into an isolation booth and asking him the "$64 Million Question", "What poem mentions the colors red and blue?"; the fox instructs Foghorn to push a buzzer in the booth when he comes to 'red' and press it again when he comes to 'blue'. Foghorn guesses "Roses are red..", pushing the buzzer once, detonating one of two firecrackers in Dawg's mouth (causing him to lose three of his teeth), but Dawg, walking off-camera, grabs the buzzer and guesses the other half of the question, "..and violets are blue!", pressing the buzzer the second time, setting off the other firecracker that he stuffed in Foghorn's mouth. Meanwhile, the fox returns to the henhouse. The young rooster again pulls the alarm, and the fox flees before Dawg arrives. Again, seeing no fox, Dawg dumps a whole bucket of water on the little rooster.
The fox unpacks a "Magic Folding Box" and lures Dawg into it with a bone. When the dog is inside, the fox folds the box into a tiny package, then disguises himself as a swami and sells it as a "lucky charm" to Foghorn, who is on his way to go fishing again. Foghorn throws it over his shoulder for luck and it lands in the well. Dawg emerges battered and bruised and he folds Foghorn into a tiny package and throws him into the well. The young rooster pulls the alarm again. Having had enough, an enraged Dawg tries to hit him with a mallet. However, the young rooster beat him to it, as he hits Dawg in the head as payback for dumping water on him earlier. After Foghorn climbs out of the well he and Dawg have a talk and they finally realize the fox has been tricking them both with disguises and ruses. Dawg is ready to give the fox what for, but Foghorn stops him, claiming he has a better idea. Later, when the young rooster see the fox again he goes to pull the alarm. But this time, the fox is one step ahead of him and he cuts the cord before the rooster can pull it. But as the fox tauntingly holds the cord, the young rooster pulls and it causes the alarm to go off. As the fox hides behind a bush, Foghorn and Dawg are seen wearing disguises and give the fox a taste of his own medicine.
^Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 297. ISBN0-8050-0894-2.
^Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 81–82. ISBN0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
^"Looney Tunes Super Stars: Foghorn Leghorn & Friends - Barnyard Bigmouth". Amazon. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
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Fox Terror is a 1957 Warner Bros Merrie Melodies animated short directed by Robert McKimson 1 The cartoon was released on May 11 1957 and features Foghorn Leghorn and the Barnyard Dawg 2 The title is a play on the dog breed name Fox Terrier Fox TerrorTitle cardDirected byRobert McKimsonStory byMichael MalteseProduced byEddie SelzerStarringMel BlancMusic byCarl StallingMilt FranklynAnimation byKeith DarlingGeorge GrandpreTed BonnicksenLayouts byRobert GribbroekBackgrounds byBob MajorsColor processTechnicolorProductioncompanyWarner Bros CartoonsDistributed byWarner Bros PicturesRelease dateMay 11 1957 1957 05 11 Running time6 48LanguageEnglish By the time of this cartoon s release the Stephen Foster song Camptown Races has been established as Foghorn Leghorn s theme in other cartoons Foghorn normally hums the verse but in this cartoon he sings specially written lyrics about fishing The cartoon also briefly paid homage to the then wildly popular genre of television quiz shows particularly The 64 000 Question which like many other quiz shows of the day would soon become embroiled in scandal and be taken off the air a year later Contents 1 Plot 2 See also 3 Home media 4 References 5 External linksPlot editA fox scampers away from the henhouse when a young rooster rings the alarm bell Barnyard Dawg arrives but sees no fox so he thinks the rooster just rang the bell because he wanted a drink of water When he sees Foghorn Leghorn leave to go fishing the fox disguises himself and suggests that he go hunting instead and bring the dog with him Foggy likes this idea so he grabs a shotgun and ties a rope around Dawg s neck and drags him away The fox heads for the henhouse but the young rooster rings the alarm again Dawg runs back dragging Foghorn behind him but again the fox scampers away Dawg only sees the rooster ringing the bell and assumes he s just thirsty again The fox then pretends to be a quiz show host pushing Foghorn into an isolation booth and asking him the 64 Million Question What poem mentions the colors red and blue the fox instructs Foghorn to push a buzzer in the booth when he comes to red and press it again when he comes to blue Foghorn guesses Roses are red pushing the buzzer once detonating one of two firecrackers in Dawg s mouth causing him to lose three of his teeth but Dawg walking off camera grabs the buzzer and guesses the other half of the question and violets are blue pressing the buzzer the second time setting off the other firecracker that he stuffed in Foghorn s mouth Meanwhile the fox returns to the henhouse The young rooster again pulls the alarm and the fox flees before Dawg arrives Again seeing no fox Dawg dumps a whole bucket of water on the little rooster The fox unpacks a Magic Folding Box and lures Dawg into it with a bone When the dog is inside the fox folds the box into a tiny package then disguises himself as a swami and sells it as a lucky charm to Foghorn who is on his way to go fishing again Foghorn throws it over his shoulder for luck and it lands in the well Dawg emerges battered and bruised and he folds Foghorn into a tiny package and throws him into the well The young rooster pulls the alarm again Having had enough an enraged Dawg tries to hit him with a mallet However the young rooster beat him to it as he hits Dawg in the head as payback for dumping water on him earlier After Foghorn climbs out of the well he and Dawg have a talk and they finally realize the fox has been tricking them both with disguises and ruses Dawg is ready to give the fox what for but Foghorn stops him claiming he has a better idea Later when the young rooster see the fox again he goes to pull the alarm But this time the fox is one step ahead of him and he cuts the cord before the rooster can pull it But as the fox tauntingly holds the cord the young rooster pulls and it causes the alarm to go off As the fox hides behind a bush Foghorn and Dawg are seen wearing disguises and give the fox a taste of his own medicine See also editList of American films of 1957Home media editFox Terror is available on Looney Tunes Super Stars Foghorn Leghorn amp Friends Barnyard Bigmouth 3 References edit Beck Jerry Friedwald Will 1989 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros Cartoons Henry Holt and Co p 297 ISBN 0 8050 0894 2 Lenburg Jeff 1999 The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons Checkmark Books pp 81 82 ISBN 0 8160 3831 7 Retrieved 6 June 2020 Looney Tunes Super Stars Foghorn Leghorn amp Friends Barnyard Bigmouth Amazon Retrieved 17 April 2017 External links editFox Terror at IMDb nbsp Preceded byRaw Raw Rooster Foghorn Leghorn cartoons1957 Succeeded byFeather Bluster Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fox Terror amp oldid 1222603326, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
